Indofast Energy, GLIDA Join Hands To Expand Battery-Swapping Network

Battery-swapping solutions provider Indofast Energy on Tuesday announced a partnership with EV charging infrastructure services firm GLIDA to co-locate battery swapping stations at the latter's charging sites across India.

The collaboration aims to set up 50 sites with over 100 swapping stations over the next 12 months, with the setting up of 10 quick interchange stations across GLIDA sites in Chennai, Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

By bringing charging and swapping infrastructure under one roof, the partnership will create integrated EV energy destinations where users across vehicle categories can access comprehensive energy solutions at a single, high-visibility location, it said.

For delivery riders and fleet operators, this collaboration offers quick-turnaround battery swapping at well-established, easily accessible locations and maximizing their daily on-road uptime, the company said.

"Our partnership with GLIDA enables us to rapidly expand our Battery-as-a-Service network by leveraging well-connected, power-ready sites that can be quickly activated for battery swapping operations…," said Subhash Bhat, Interim CEO, Indofast Energy GLIDA's pan-India footprint provides Indofast Energy with ready-to-deploy locations that accelerate its Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS) network expansion into high-footfall markets, creating a comprehensive energy hub that seamlessly serves diverse EV segments, the company said.

"Our charging station locations, especially hubs, have room for doing more for the benefit of the ecosystem. This partnership with Indofast Energy allows us to display future-ready mobility infrastructure where high-power charging and rapid battery swapping coexist to serve different vehicle categories from a single location…," said GLIDA Managing Director & CEO Deepak Paliwal.